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Hey guys new to BMW's , just picked a clean weekend car 2000 323Ci coupe 5 spd 2.5, It runs and drives amazing i love it. Only problem is that none of the needles/gauges work on my car. The bottle digital gauge with the miles,temp,distance, and oil change life still work just not the mph/rpm/gas/temp. now Ive tried doing the holding the buttton in and "resetting" the cluster but none of them move when i do the reset, so I've ruled it down to the cluster its self. checked all the fuses and and the wiring is all good. Now my MAIN question is can it be anything else? And I've read you can buy a used cluster and it will work and not need to be programmed but if the miles are lower you will get a tamper light! But my question is if you out a cluster with higher miles will it work? And have no tamper light ? thanks for any input!

Hey guys new to BMW's , just picked a clean weekend car 2000 323Ci coupe 5 spd 2.5, It runs and drives amazing i love it. Only problem is that none of the needles/gauges work on my car. The bottle digital gauge with the miles,temp,distance, and oil change life still work just not the mph/rpm/gas/temp. now Ive tried doing the holding the buttton in and "resetting" the cluster but none of them move when i do the reset, so I've ruled it down to the cluster its self. checked all the fuses and and the wiring is all good. Now my MAIN question is can it be anything else? And I've read you can buy a used cluster and it will work and not need to be programmed but if the miles are lower you will get a tamper light! But my question is if you out a cluster with higher miles will it work? And have no tamper light ? thanks for any input!

Should have no problem getting a new cluster without getting a tamper light...just ask BMW service....pretty sure all you do is reset the cluster after installing new one. There is a reason you can buy new ones with no issue from dealer

Should have no problem getting a new cluster without getting a tamper light...just ask BMW service....pretty sure all you do is reset the cluster after installing new one. There is a reason you can buy new ones with no issue from dealer

I get that...just saying that you should be able to buy a used cluster and it should have no problem reading out to what your proper milage is....if it didn't, crooked dealerships would use this tactic left and right to increase the price of thier cars